| | tranmsitter building under construction - 1939 |
| | | control room under construction in the well - 1939 |
| | | completed WJSV control room with Western Electric 50 kW xmtr - 1940 |
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| | three antenna towers and the transmitter building |
| | | aerial photo of the station in undeveloped Wheaton, MD |
| | | architect's brochure for the remodeled station - 1943 |
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| | a daily operations schedule for WJSV |
| | | cues & timings of a program originating at WJSV for CBS network broadcast |
| | | cues & timings for the Amos-&-Andy show |
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| | urgent order-wire message received by WSJF from CBS New York |
| | | Western Union telegram and another "cues" message received via the order-wire |
| | | Grandville Klink promoted to Chief Engineer for WTOP AM, FM, and TV - 1951 |
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| | all-tube, air-cooled 50 kW transmitter; vents for power, PA, & driver cab... |
| | | Dave Kolesar & Nelson Seese; all-tube backup xmtr in background |
| | | Ron Payne & Maury Shumaker |
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| | diodes in series & wired as bridge rectifier; power supply cabinet |
| | | RF power amplifier tubes in air-cooled jackets; PA cabinet |
| | | Steve Floyd, Ken Sleeman, Howard Cunningham, & Gene Alward |
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| | Steve Floyd & Ken Sleeman discussing the remote control monitor |
| | | closeup of the station's remote control monitor |
| | | Nelson Seese learning how to turn on the backup transmitter using the monitor |
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| | Maury Shumaker & John Reiser; Harris solid-state xmtr in background |
| | | Harris 50 kW solid-state transmitter on right; remote control monitor on left |
| | | Randy Sly, monitoring panel for Harris xmtr, Ray Albers, Phil Paullin, Len Hook |
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| | closeup of monitoring panel on the Harris solid-state transmitter |
| | | digital circuitry in one cabinet of the Harris transmitter |
| | | Ray Albers,Phil Paullin, Ray Johnson |
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| | copper feedlines, antenna switching relay, & pressurized heliax (black) |
| | | Steve Floyd & the new WGMS-FM backup transmitter at the WTOP site |
| | | AM radio tower nearest the station with 3-bay FM antenna at top for WGMS backup |
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| | Dave Kolesar, Ron Payne, Lee Garlock, Gene Alward, Steve Floyd |
| | | AM antenna tower coupler in 1939 |
| | | AM antenna tower coupler in 2005 |
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| | | Dick Rucker in the booth for making spot announcements |
| | | collection of old test equipment |
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| | | early field strength meter |
| | | 857B mecury vapor rectifier |
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| | Granny Klink's collection of badges |
| | | Granny Klink's QCWA membership certificate |
| | | radar pioneer Leo Young, W3WV; member Jim Wilcox holds this call now |
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